Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 3:16:

• Kupsabiny: “After that, he said, ‘God has said that: Dig (plur.) wide holes everywhere in this dry valley.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then he said, "The LORD says like this: Dig ditches all over this stream bed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “and he said, ‘This is what the LORD says: ‘This channel-of-water will-be-filled with water.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He said, ‘Yahweh says that he will cause this dry stream-bed to be full of water.” (Source: Translation for Translators)